Jim Penola
@jimpenola.bsky.social
Writer, Producer, Host: AN INVITATION PRODUCTIONS podcast 🗣🎙 | Dramatic Writing MFA: SCAD ✍🏻📚 | Storyboard Artist: Film/TV 🎞️ 📺 | [email protected] 📩 (He/Him)
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Jim Penola
@jimpenola.bsky.social
· Mar 1
hi BlueSky!
I make podcasts that adapt + excavate the films of Karyn Kusama:
"An Invitation to THE INVITATION" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
"An Invitation to DESTROYER" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Writer of both films, Phil Hay, graciously called the former a "beautiful work of art"
I make podcasts that adapt + excavate the films of Karyn Kusama:
"An Invitation to THE INVITATION" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
"An Invitation to DESTROYER" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Writer of both films, Phil Hay, graciously called the former a "beautiful work of art"
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It’s important to remember to remember someone’s entire legacy, even if they pop like a balloon.
July 19, 2026 at 2:24 PM
It’s important to remember to remember someone’s entire legacy, even if they pop like a balloon.
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Make America Crate Again
July 21, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Make America Crate Again
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Immortality. Longer/Wider Genitals. Infinite Brain Power
The Secret Is Fish Milk
Tune in to Haggerty for the full story.
The Secret Is Fish Milk
Tune in to Haggerty for the full story.
July 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Immortality. Longer/Wider Genitals. Infinite Brain Power
The Secret Is Fish Milk
Tune in to Haggerty for the full story.
The Secret Is Fish Milk
Tune in to Haggerty for the full story.
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We are legally required to post this.
This is no longer a warning. This is a mandate from God.
This is no longer a warning. This is a mandate from God.
July 22, 2026 at 5:30 PM
We are legally required to post this.
This is no longer a warning. This is a mandate from God.
This is no longer a warning. This is a mandate from God.
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Someone in DC set up a “little free blockbuster” with DVDs inside instead of books lol
July 22, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Someone in DC set up a “little free blockbuster” with DVDs inside instead of books lol
Watching MASTER & COMMANDER for the 1st time without subtitles is like watching it for the 1st time on mute. Which is actually pretty cool.
July 18, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Watching MASTER & COMMANDER for the 1st time without subtitles is like watching it for the 1st time on mute. Which is actually pretty cool.
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Next week on 𝐄𝐘𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐊:
Pom Poko (1994)
Dir. Isao Takahata
@blankcheck.bsky.social own Griffin Newman helps us answer perhaps the most important question of our Studio Ghibli series: is the entry known for its raccoon balls secretly one of the greatest movies ever made??
Pom Poko (1994)
Dir. Isao Takahata
@blankcheck.bsky.social own Griffin Newman helps us answer perhaps the most important question of our Studio Ghibli series: is the entry known for its raccoon balls secretly one of the greatest movies ever made??
July 18, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Next week on 𝐄𝐘𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐊:
Pom Poko (1994)
Dir. Isao Takahata
@blankcheck.bsky.social own Griffin Newman helps us answer perhaps the most important question of our Studio Ghibli series: is the entry known for its raccoon balls secretly one of the greatest movies ever made??
Pom Poko (1994)
Dir. Isao Takahata
@blankcheck.bsky.social own Griffin Newman helps us answer perhaps the most important question of our Studio Ghibli series: is the entry known for its raccoon balls secretly one of the greatest movies ever made??
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in observance of the holiday i’m watching A Few Good Men for the first time… very funny to make Cruise a Boston bro when he is so clearly from New Jersey
July 2, 2026 at 11:22 PM
in observance of the holiday i’m watching A Few Good Men for the first time… very funny to make Cruise a Boston bro when he is so clearly from New Jersey
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watched enough youtube videos this week to make me search for this one from the archives
July 2, 2026 at 10:56 PM
watched enough youtube videos this week to make me search for this one from the archives
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I think between this and Scorsese, this is particularly insulting to the contribution of storyboard artists, whose work is often critical in helping to visualise and blueprint the eventual cinematography of the production. You can see this in numerous storyboard-to-film comparisons. It is a skill.
June 22, 2026 at 4:40 PM
I think between this and Scorsese, this is particularly insulting to the contribution of storyboard artists, whose work is often critical in helping to visualise and blueprint the eventual cinematography of the production. You can see this in numerous storyboard-to-film comparisons. It is a skill.
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A24 announces that they want to put storyboard artists out of work.
That's what the headline should be written as. Becuase we should be honest about what these AI "tools" are trying to do, and who it is trying to circumvent. variety.com/2026/film/ne...
That's what the headline should be written as. Becuase we should be honest about what these AI "tools" are trying to do, and who it is trying to circumvent. variety.com/2026/film/ne...
Google Invests $75 Million in A24 to Develop AI-Powered Filmmaking Tools
A24 and Google have struck an AI research partnership that will see the independent studio work to develop new AI-powered technologies for filmmakers.
variety.com
June 22, 2026 at 4:32 PM
A24 announces that they want to put storyboard artists out of work.
That's what the headline should be written as. Becuase we should be honest about what these AI "tools" are trying to do, and who it is trying to circumvent. variety.com/2026/film/ne...
That's what the headline should be written as. Becuase we should be honest about what these AI "tools" are trying to do, and who it is trying to circumvent. variety.com/2026/film/ne...
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Storyboard artists, often closest and most integral to realizing a director's vision, are a relatively cheap part of the process. Often their role is disparaged, or not even understood. And yet one of the main goals of AI in film production seems to be to replicate what they do.
A24 announces that they want to put storyboard artists out of work.
That's what the headline should be written as. Becuase we should be honest about what these AI "tools" are trying to do, and who it is trying to circumvent. variety.com/2026/film/ne...
That's what the headline should be written as. Becuase we should be honest about what these AI "tools" are trying to do, and who it is trying to circumvent. variety.com/2026/film/ne...
Google Invests $75 Million in A24 to Develop AI-Powered Filmmaking Tools
A24 and Google have struck an AI research partnership that will see the independent studio work to develop new AI-powered technologies for filmmakers.
variety.com
June 22, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Storyboard artists, often closest and most integral to realizing a director's vision, are a relatively cheap part of the process. Often their role is disparaged, or not even understood. And yet one of the main goals of AI in film production seems to be to replicate what they do.
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"It really is the storyboarding... Nowadays with CG, you can do anything, and somehow it's still not as cool as that."
–Genndy Tartakovsky on why Hayao Miyazaki's movies and shows look so good www.vulture.com/article/best...
–Genndy Tartakovsky on why Hayao Miyazaki's movies and shows look so good www.vulture.com/article/best...
June 22, 2026 at 8:08 PM
"It really is the storyboarding... Nowadays with CG, you can do anything, and somehow it's still not as cool as that."
–Genndy Tartakovsky on why Hayao Miyazaki's movies and shows look so good www.vulture.com/article/best...
–Genndy Tartakovsky on why Hayao Miyazaki's movies and shows look so good www.vulture.com/article/best...
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A redemption arc without accountability is just a rebrand.
June 20, 2026 at 6:02 PM
A redemption arc without accountability is just a rebrand.
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this is the best video i've seen today
June 17, 2026 at 4:52 PM
this is the best video i've seen today
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Let me get uh a fuckin pine cone of wasabi uh one of those pickled dog dicks like 5 wet peas and shake a dying flower bouquet over it. Oh and a cancerous liver.
This plating and cooking wouldn’t even pass a TAFE assessment in the first week.
March 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Let me get uh a fuckin pine cone of wasabi uh one of those pickled dog dicks like 5 wet peas and shake a dying flower bouquet over it. Oh and a cancerous liver.
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"How can that be profitable for Frito-Lay?"
They were selling a 4 bag assortment of weird global flavors for the World Cup at Costco in a fancy box. One is standard Lay’s, and the other three are: Argentinian-style Steak with chimichurri; Brazilian-style garlic sauce; and wavy French Onion soup.
June 13, 2026 at 7:36 PM
"How can that be profitable for Frito-Lay?"